D&D and the rising pandemic

[Aeson]

Sometimes family is the one you make, not the one you're born in to. Grieve for the ones you've lost, hold tighter the ones you still have.

 

[Zardnaar]

Sometimes family is the one you make, not the one you're born in to. Grieve for the ones you've lost, hold tighter the ones you still have.

Can't pick your family.

 

[Aeson]

Sure you can. Family to me, is beyond blood or marriage. Family are the friends you make also. Sometimes though, family can be toxic, and unhealthy. You might be better off distancing yourself from them.

 

[CleverNickName]

Sure you can. Family to me, is beyond blood or marriage. Family are the friends you make also. Sometimes though, family can be toxic, and unhealthy. You might be better off distancing yourself from them.

This is the way.

I have my "birth family", the family I was born into, the people I grew up with, the family that loves and support each other through thick and thin. But I also have my "found family," the ragtag gang of friends that I've also grown up with, who also love and support each other through thick and thin.

And to @Aeson's point: over the years I've had to cut ties with family members of both kinds, people who became abusive, manipulative, codependent, or otherwise unhealthy over the course of my life. It's hard and it sucks, but it's important.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Sometimes family is the one you make, not the one you're born in to. Grieve for the ones you've lost, hold tighter the ones you still have.

I have always liked the motto, “Friends are the family you choose.”

 

[Ryujin]

I have always liked the motto, “Friends are the family you choose.”

And you choose them out of love, rather than having them foisted upon you by obligation.

 

[CleverNickName]

I have always liked the motto, “Friends are the family you choose.”

The one I've heard the most: "Friends are family."

 

[Cadence]

 

[Umbran]

Can't pick your family.

Just because you are a blood relation, doesn't mean you're family.

 

[Zardnaar]

Just because you are a blood relation, doesn't mean you're family.

Nope. I kinda got adopted into in laws family.